2021-02-23 UTC
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[KevinMarks] they say “Users joining Google+ are initially presented with a set of four default Circles: Family, Friends, Acquaintances, and Following” and account for the additional ones - most common are 'work' and 'school' or variations of those, then strong or weak tie markers - “The second category, tie strength, included ‘strong ties’ and ‘weak ties’. Circles were deemed ‘strong ties’ if their names applied modifiers such as clos